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[Tekken the Piss : Gon]

Short and brutal

I think that there is some merit here - the whole split personality issue that Gon has could have been exposed a lot more than you did. For example, send him to a 7/11 and have him order some mundane stuff then have the personality take over for some reason or another.

Oh... Gon was the lizard thing. Right, that means nothing to the split personality plot. Damn. Okay, perhaps more needs to be made of this dinosaur and his spitting ability. Over active saliva glands, perhaps? Some sort of medical complaint, before the guy rips his head in two?

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Rikimaru-Azlar responds:

I hear what you're saying. Clear shots with enough of a set up before delivery. I need to be more aware of cause and effect and weight and physics. It will make for more realism and innovation.
This whole split personality will come into play to more extreme and elaborate effect in Jin's episode.

[Tekken the Piss : Lei]

Must have been the end of his career

Well, here we see Jackie Chan getting bumped off. His character of the drunk incompetent is a little over the top, but it's what I've come to expect over the course of the series.

Perhaps you should have started with having the case being brought to him (followed by the case of beer) and having some overly slutty new mum, desparate to know where her baby is.

I can see you taking this further, by doing relatively simple things, like rounding out Lei's shoulders - no human ever had shoulders that square, so a little curvature would help. Do some Google searches and get yourself some material to base these shapes off and you'll have a better idea of what to aim for.

I look forward to the next part of the series.

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Rikimaru-Azlar responds:

thanks, anatomy revision methinks

[Cave Avatars]

Needs better voices

Don't get me wrong, this is a great sounding and looking piece, but it just seems a little rough around the edges. You could do with a few bits here and there so that you can get yourself a much better rounded presentation all together.

I'd certainly have considered throwing Harrison Ford in there, to complete the trio of action heroes that have reprised roles recently. Either that, or throw in Bruce Willis. Harrison Ford was made for this, as he could be Han Solo while flying in, then on planetside, he could be Indiana Jones, just to make things slightly funnier.

Also, you missed Stalone's voice. If you need, I can hook you up with a decent impression of him - it's like knowing exactly what you wanted to say, just before you went in the ring at some point in Rocky I or II.

Still, there are some good gags there and with a more practices animation style and slightly better sound quality, you're talking awards material here. Keep up the good work :)

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The-Mercenary responds:

I did think about putting Willis in there, Ford I fogot about, but if I make another trailer parody thing, I'll throw them in there. Thanks :)

[Tekken the Piss : Panda]

Funny

But not quite enough tentacle rape for it to be Japanese Schoolgirl getting killed for my liking :P

I think that there's a very good flash in there, it just needs to be refined more. Some additional work on the drawing style, coupled with a few more gags and you'll certainly be up there earning awards left, right and centre.

If you're going to have Panda tear this girl's arm off, show it. We're desensitised on Newgrounds, because of people drawing things like Unicorns with dicks for horns, so what's the fuss of seeing a girl getting her arm ripped clean off?

The movements looked a little jerky, so perhaps work on smoothing them out - tweening might be a solution to this, but then again, I'm not sure. If you need help in this matter, talk to the Flash Forum and see what people say there.

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Rikimaru-Azlar responds:

No, I definately hear you. Like a hemaphrodite platypus with eight nipples and a deformed growth. Thanks for the useful advice Coop83, Marduk's ep. might interest you. It's somewhat weird. Will work on the Japanese tentacle raping

[Tekken the Piss : Hwoarra]

Interesting cast list

Not sure exactly as to the content of all of the jokes in there - some of them must be lost on me, having only briefly played the game on a few occasions.

I think that the animation is largely smooth, except for the combat scenes, which need refining. Slow it down, smooth it out and see how it looks when you speed it back up. You're close to a workable product with everything else, but the subtitles need to be changed. If you're going to censor the subtitles, censor the voices. You can't have the character say "Fuck that" and then write it on the subs as "f*ck that".

Looking good and I look forward to the next instalment.

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Rikimaru-Azlar responds:

Haha yes I see your' point on the censoring! Thanks for a useful review dude

[Tekken the Piss : Mokujin]

Short and funny

Perhaps there should have been a slightly more drawn out punchline there, when the guy beats Mokujin and turns him into som decorative furniture. I'd suggest things like the sound of drills and hammers to accompany the sound of the axe falling.

It's pretty well animated, but when you draw the close ups of the people, please zoom in more and get more control with your drawing implement of choice. That way, when you zoom back out, the image appears crisp and detailed.

It's a good flash as part of a good series, s keep it up and I look forward to more of these :)

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Rikimaru-Azlar responds:

I recently started working with the brush more, it will take some refining but I think I'm getting better. I hear what you're saying though, make sure each shot is right, good cinematography and technical detail. Thanks for these reviews. I will put more effort into the next grouping I think doing 19 at a time will work best for me 19 X 3 = 57 -characters or so. I will also strive to make them longer and more innovative. The specification for this first lot has kinda gone out the window after an incident with raster 3d engines. All I can say is there will be more and I will up the detailing chief

[The Sketch Collab 2009]

Nice blend

I think that's the real beauty of things like this - you get to see the whole range of the artists within the collab. I think that there is a chance for less well known artists to step up with some real quality ones in here, like Yhtomit, for example.

There are some good, some not so good and some funny pieces in here that I can really relate to. I think that people's expression is overall good and that there is certainly a lot of hope for the animators involved in the presentation as a whole.

Are you guys thinking of further collaberative pieces, or will you go your separate ways?

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Timsplosion responds:

Well, I don't know anything for definite, but some people have said they're interested in taking part in The Sketch Collab 2010, so we'll see.

[A FBF Animation.]

Basic, but passable

I think that you've certainly captured how to make a functional piece of frame by frame animation. The one issue that I have with it is that you are a little slow with the progression of the animation, making it look a little jumpy. To improve this, an increase of frame rate would be required.

As for the plot, I can see that there isn't really one to speak of, since you're making the piece to be a test and / or practice, so that you can get the hang of this style of animation. More practice is required, byt judging by some of the details, this is hardly beyond your remit.

I think that given time you will be able to produce more good quality pieces, so give it a go and see what pieces of music you can come across in the Audio Portal, in order to get yourself some good bases to work with, much like you did for this piece.

Merry Xmas

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ForNoReason responds:

thank you

[-Monsters-]

Needs better sound

A good piece, with a well planned plot and a sensible progression. I would say that a few continuity errors crept in there, but aside from making nerds cringe, I don't think that you really made that much of a difference to the piece in all honesty.

I could do with a better quality copy of Monsters - you've got a 2 megabyte file, so there's plenty of space, without having to compress it. Have a look, to see what you can find, as it will improve the sound of the piece.

I'd have said that a few pieces needed to be amended - why did the woman dial "991"? When last I looked it was 911 or, for the benefit of the UK, three nines. These details make all the difference, as does the cop pulling up and standing in front of his car. Standard procedure means that they tend to use the car as a shield, so would probably do the same here.

When you emptied the spent rounds from the weapons, it looked great and really fit in with the piece, but the problem was that the revolver bullets were whole - the top part is the slug that gets fired. You need to draw a case without that part ;)

A little more work on drawing the car and perhaps the fingers of the cops looked a little too much like Salad Fingers in my eyes, but other than that, it was a good and ambitious piece.

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evan210 responds:

Yeah, I know the bullet casings weren't realistic.
But they're more visually appealing they way I showed them, IMO.

[2009 One Minute Round-up]

That's about it

A shame that there was no mention of Tiger Woods driving skills, but then again, that might have been too late in the day to add to the piece.

A very good, quick, witty reflection on what has happened in the year 2009. Perfect for lazy history students 10-20 years down the line, when they have been set this year for a project and have left it too late to pore over Wikipedia to get their information.

I think the best gag was about Michael Jackson, since that's the really big story that people will be talking about for years to come. I think that the truckload of money is really what Joseph Jackson was really after all along.

A great animation style and a lovely piece. I demand to see more and not have to wait until December 2010, before seeing the next instalment of this!

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